The hallowed halls of academia may have filled with a dizzying array of counter-culture fashion since the 1960s, but like its fellow fashion statement the corduroy jacket, the academic beard continues to hold fast to the faces of many an academic.

Dr Michael Kasumovic is an evolutionary biologist and part of the Ecology & Evolution Research group in the School of BEES at the University of New South Wales.

His research generally explores the innate differences between males
and females and how the environment, both social and ecological,
modifies these differences. He's also interested in how individuals
maximize fitness in what seems to be a chaotic and unpredictable world. He's fascinated by how individuals use the information available during
development to best make allocation decisions across suites of traits to
best succeed in a future environment.